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4.3.2.2. AMU<br />
As part of initiatives taken by Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, towards increasing inclusion, AMU is engaged<br />
in a number of activities aimed at promoting socially inclusive tools, services, and behavior towards the<br />
whole University community. These usually address minority groups or groups at risk of social exclusion.<br />
To do that AMU is consistently developing its strategic activities and tools in order to support students with disabilities,<br />
which are represented by a Rector‘s Representative for Students with Disabilities. AMU also promotes<br />
socially responsible behavior towards potentially excluded social groups (such as, for instance, the Visible Hand<br />
initiative aimed at helping the elderly members of the AMU community during the COVID-19 pandemic). Importantly,<br />
when supporting minority groups within AMU, the university also focuses on transgender persons by,<br />
for example, developing new inclusive tools or running training aimed at increasing the awareness of AMU staff<br />
about transgender persons and their legal situation.<br />
Furthermore, to respond to the increasing internationalization of AMU, Poznan, and of Poland in general, a<br />
number of bodies operate within Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznán:<br />
BILINGUALISM MATTERS @POZNAN<br />
Bilingualism Matters (BM) @Poznań is a branch of Bilingualism<br />
Matters, an internationally recognized center at the University<br />
of Edinburgh. Within AMU BM @Poznań is affiliated with the<br />
Faculty of English and has the following aims:<br />
• To increase general awareness concerning<br />
bi/multilingualism<br />
• To encourage bi/multilingual schooling policies<br />
• To make research findings accessible to general public<br />
• To help make informed decisions on language learning<br />
and use<br />
• To promote knowledge concerning linguistic diversity in<br />
Poland and beyond<br />
• To encourage minority language maintenance<br />
• To establish links with other BM branches<br />
The importance of multilingualism and multiculturalism is emphasized within the mission and all activities<br />
organized by Bilingualism Matters @Poznań. BM @Poznań strives to promote linguistic and cultural diversity<br />
by means of organizing regular open lectures, workshops, and individual consultations – all aimed at promoting<br />
knowledge, increasing general awareness, and encouraging new schooling policies. BM @Poznań cooperates<br />
with parents, teachers, health professionals, policy makers, and employers.<br />
Center for Migration Studies AMU<br />
At the Center for Migration Studies (CeBaM) at AMU social and cultural anthropologists conduct research on<br />
international migration. The results of the conducted research are disseminated outside scientific communities<br />
and translated into policy and programmatic recommendations. There are three main activities that take place<br />
in CeBaM: a) Research activities b) Educational<br />
activities c) Practical activities, which will be explained<br />
in more detail in the following paragraphs.<br />
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